Current Affairs 22nd February 2020
1. International Mother Language
Day: 21 February
- International
Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000
- The 2020 theme
is “Languages without borders”.
- UN
declared 2019 as The Year of Indigenous Languages
- UNESCO
Headquarters: Paris, France
2. Haryana govt to open Atal
Kisan – Majdoor canteens to provide meals at concessional rate
- Haryana
government will open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens in all mandis and sugar
mills across the state
- To
provide affordable and cheap meals to farmers and labourers
- At a
concessional rate of 10 rupees per plate.
- Governor
of Haryana: Satyadev Narayan Arya
3. Divya Kakran wins a gold medal
at Asian Wrestling Championships
- became
only the 2nd Indian woman to win a gold medal
- at the
Asian Wrestling Championships defeating junior world champion Naruha Matsuyuki
in New Delhi.
- Navjot
Kaur had become the 1st Indian woman to win a gold medal at 2018 championship
- Pinki won
gold in 55kg,
- Sarita
Mor won gold in 59kg.
4. Centre releases Rs 19,950 cr
as GST compensation to states, UTs
- GST
compensation to states which gets to a total of over 1.20 lakh crore rupees
- during
current fiscal
- Minister
of State Finance: Anurag Singh Thakur
5. Axis Bank inks pact with Max
Life to raise stake
- Axis Bank
HQ: Mumbai;
- Virtual
Bank asst: Axis Aha!
6. Indian Railways launches new
mobile app HRMS for its employees
- The app
will help lakh of railway employees to check their employment record during the
tenure of their job
- The HRMS
Mobile App was launched by Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.
- App
designed & developed by Centre for Railway Inform. System
7. International protection for
Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant
- India’s
proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in
Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species
- Proposal
accepted at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory
Species in Gandhinagar.
- Govt has
declared Indian elephant as National Heritage Animal
8. Indian Railways launches joint
research initiatives with University of Birmingham
- The
programme that has been launched leads to dual M.Sc. that would see NRTI
students obtaining two post graduate degrees from both institutions,
- After
spending a year studying at each institution from academic year 2020-2021
- National
Rail Transport Institute was set up in 2018 at Vadodara.
9. RBI clears appointment of
Sunil Gurbaxani as Dhanlaxmi Bank MD
- Managing
Director and CEO of the Bank for a period of 3 years from the date of taking
charge.
- Dhanlaxmi
Bank was removed from the RBI PCA framework
- Dhanlaxmi
Bank Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala
10. Larry Tessler, computer
engineer behind ‘cut, copy and paste’, passes away
- Larry
Tesler, commonly known as the developer of the ‘cut, copy and paste’ functions,
and ‘find and replace’,
- for
user-friendliness in applications like the word processor,
- Died at
the age of 74
- He was
also one of the pioneers of modeless computing
11. P V Sindhu wins 3rd
successive ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award
- ESPN’s
Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a 3rd consecutive time
- Shooter
Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.
- Chess
player Koneru Humpy won the award for the Comeback of the Year
- Manu
Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary grabbed : Team of the Year honour
